Fixing the SP2 Wireless Problem

If you've installed SP2 and find your MSBN wireless no
longer works (apparently a lot of people have had the
problem) try the following:

1. Click Start.
2. Right-click My Computer.
3. Click Manage.

4. In Computer Management, double-click Services and
Applications.
5. Then click Services.

6. Right-click Wireless Zero Configuration,
7. Then click Properties.

8. In the Startup type box, click to select Disabled.
9. Then click OK.

10. Close Computer Management,
11. Then restart the computer.

It worked for me, maybe it will work for you as well.

actually the solution is just the opposite. you need to uninstall the
Broadband Networking Utility and use Windows XP's built in wireless zero
configuration feature to configure and manage your wireless card. if you
need to manage a Microsoft base station, use a web browser
http://192.168.2.1

the BNU is really only for non XP computers. it does not offer WPA security.

John Singel wrote:
> If you've installed SP2 and find your MSBN wireless no
> longer works (apparently a lot of people have had the
> problem) try the following:
>
> 1. Click Start.
> 2. Right-click My Computer.
> 3. Click Manage.
>
> 4. In Computer Management, double-click Services and
> Applications.
> 5. Then click Services.
>
> 6. Right-click Wireless Zero Configuration,
> 7. Then click Properties.
>
> 8. In the Startup type box, click to select Disabled.
> 9. Then click OK.
>
> 10. Close Computer Management,
> 11. Then restart the computer.
>
> It worked for me, maybe it will work for you as well.


--
Barb Bowman
Expert Zone Columnist
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
MS-MVP (Windows)

Thanks John,

I tried your fix and all is well now. Apparently the wirless zero config
service was conflicting with the BNU.

I attempted to try the "don't use the BNU method" by telling msconfig not to
start the utility and still could not configure using the wireless setup
utility in SP 2. It would not let me complete the configuration....

"John Singel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:097901c48ea8$5f576730$(E-Mail Removed)...
> If you've installed SP2 and find your MSBN wireless no
> longer works (apparently a lot of people have had the
> problem) try the following:
>
> 1. Click Start.
> 2. Right-click My Computer.
> 3. Click Manage.
>
> 4. In Computer Management, double-click Services and
> Applications.
> 5. Then click Services.
>
> 6. Right-click Wireless Zero Configuration,
> 7. Then click Properties.
>
> 8. In the Startup type box, click to select Disabled.
> 9. Then click OK.
>
> 10. Close Computer Management,
> 11. Then restart the computer.
>
> It worked for me, maybe it will work for you as well.

Yeah, but just recently there was a software upgrade on
this site which was specifically described to prepare our
existing Microsoft-hardware wireless networks to be ready
for SP2.

I spend many hours wrestling with the over the weekend (as
I'm sure thousands of others did) before finally removing
SP2, and I would have to say there is no excuse for
Microsoft releasing SP2 and having it incompatible with
their own hardware.

So there.



>-----Original Message-----
>actually the solution is just the opposite. you need to
uninstall the
>Broadband Networking Utility and use Windows XP's built
in wireless zero
>configuration feature to configure and manage your
wireless card.
> Barb Bowman
> Expert Zone Columnist
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> MS-MVP (Windows)
>
>
>.
>

So Microsoft, which is it? The BNU or wireless zero?
Will wireless zero also tell you when your basestation
needs a firmware update like BNU does?
>-----Original Message-----
>Yeah, but just recently there was a software upgrade on
>this site which was specifically described to prepare our
>existing Microsoft-hardware wireless networks to be ready
>for SP2.
>
>I spend many hours wrestling with the over the weekend
(as
>I'm sure thousands of others did) before finally removing
>SP2, and I would have to say there is no excuse for
>Microsoft releasing SP2 and having it incompatible with
>their own hardware.
>
>So there.
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>actually the solution is just the opposite. you need to
>uninstall the
>>Broadband Networking Utility and use Windows XP's built
>in wireless zero
>>configuration feature to configure and manage your
>wireless card.
>> Barb Bowman
>> Expert Zone Columnist
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> MS-MVP (Windows)
>>
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>

>-----Original Message-----
>actually the solution is just the opposite. you need to
uninstall the
>Broadband Networking Utility and use Windows XP's built
in wireless zero
>configuration feature to configure and manage your
wireless card. if you
>need to manage a Microsoft base station, use a web
browser
>http://192.168.2.1
>
>the BNU is really only for non XP computers. it does not
offer WPA security.
>
>John Singel wrote:
>> If you've installed SP2 and find your MSBN wireless no
>> longer works (apparently a lot of people have had the
>> problem) try the following:
>>
>> 1. Click Start.
>> 2. Right-click My Computer.
>> 3. Click Manage.
>>
>> 4. In Computer Management, double-click Services and
>> Applications.
>> 5. Then click Services.
>>
>> 6. Right-click Wireless Zero Configuration,
>> 7. Then click Properties.
>>
>> 8. In the Startup type box, click to select Disabled.
>> 9. Then click OK.
>>
>> 10. Close Computer Management,
>> 11. Then restart the computer.
>>
>> It worked for me, maybe it will work for you as well.
>
>
>--
> Barb Bowman
> Expert Zone Columnist
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> MS-MVP (Windows)
>
>
>.
>For those of us who'd rather not mess with things that we
don't fully understand and as result could ultimately
cause us a lot more grief, is Microsoft going to come out
with a patch?

Look, you can *run* the NEW BNU, but don't use it to configure your wireless
card. Use XP to do this. But if all you are running it for is to be notified
of upgrades, just drag it out of the startup group onto your desktop and run
it once a month or so.

The issue is that the BNU should not be used to configure a wireless card IF
you are using XP.

Bryan wrote:
> So Microsoft, which is it? The BNU or wireless zero?
> Will wireless zero also tell you when your basestation
> needs a firmware update like BNU does?
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Yeah, but just recently there was a software upgrade on
>> this site which was specifically described to prepare our
>> existing Microsoft-hardware wireless networks to be ready
>> for SP2.
>>
>> I spend many hours wrestling with the over the weekend
> (as
>> I'm sure thousands of others did) before finally removing
>> SP2, and I would have to say there is no excuse for
>> Microsoft releasing SP2 and having it incompatible with
>> their own hardware.
>>
>> So there.
>>
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> actually the solution is just the opposite. you need to uninstall
>>> the Broadband Networking Utility and use Windows XP's built in
>>> wireless zero configuration feature to configure and manage your
>> wireless card.
>>> Barb Bowman
>>> Expert Zone Columnist
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>> MS-MVP (Windows)
>>>
>>>
>>> .
>>>
>> .


--
Barb Bowman
Expert Zone Columnist
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
MS-MVP (Windows)

It definitely is compatible.



<(E-Mail Removed)> a écrit dans le message de news:
2f4d01c48ec3$8bd97df0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Yeah, but just recently there was a software upgrade on
> this site which was specifically described to prepare our
> existing Microsoft-hardware wireless networks to be ready
> for SP2.
>
> I spend many hours wrestling with the over the weekend (as
> I'm sure thousands of others did) before finally removing
> SP2, and I would have to say there is no excuse for
> Microsoft releasing SP2 and having it incompatible with
> their own hardware.
>
> So there.
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>actually the solution is just the opposite. you need to
> uninstall the
>>Broadband Networking Utility and use Windows XP's built
> in wireless zero
>>configuration feature to configure and manage your
> wireless card.
>> Barb Bowman
>> Expert Zone Columnist
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> MS-MVP (Windows)
>>
>>
>>.
>>

Look, they probably won't. As everyone's been trying to tell everyone else
THERE'S NO NEED FOR THE BROADBAND UTILITY IN XP except if you want to check
for updates, which you can do manually via the web or by running the Utility
once every few weeks or so.

I don't understand your logic... if you're having trouble with something,
*why* are you afraid of doing a fix that everyone that knows more than you
is telling you will work? Do you think you'll "break it more"?

Just try it - it works.




"martyv" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:2f7201c48ec6$6c108fb0$(E-Mail Removed)...

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Barb,

Thanks for your suggestions. I used the wireless zero tool to configure the
MN-510 and dragged the BNU icon from the startup folder to the desktop and
the whole system seems happy now. I must say that that I had to explore a
bit to figure out how to launch the config tool. After I discovered that it
was a simple right click and view available wireless networks I felt rather
dumb. At any rate thanks again for your help and patience.

Michael

"Barb Bowman (MVP-Windows)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Look, you can *run* the NEW BNU, but don't use it to configure your
> wireless card. Use XP to do this. But if all you are running it for is to
> be notified of upgrades, just drag it out of the startup group onto your
> desktop and run it once a month or so.
>
> The issue is that the BNU should not be used to configure a wireless card
> IF you are using XP.
>
> Bryan wrote:
>> So Microsoft, which is it? The BNU or wireless zero?
>> Will wireless zero also tell you when your basestation
>> needs a firmware update like BNU does?
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> Yeah, but just recently there was a software upgrade on
>>> this site which was specifically described to prepare our
>>> existing Microsoft-hardware wireless networks to be ready
>>> for SP2.
>>>
>>> I spend many hours wrestling with the over the weekend
>> (as
>>> I'm sure thousands of others did) before finally removing
>>> SP2, and I would have to say there is no excuse for
>>> Microsoft releasing SP2 and having it incompatible with
>>> their own hardware.
>>>
>>> So there.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> actually the solution is just the opposite. you need to uninstall
>>>> the Broadband Networking Utility and use Windows XP's built in
>>>> wireless zero configuration feature to configure and manage your
>>> wireless card.
>>>> Barb Bowman
>>>> Expert Zone Columnist
>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>>> MS-MVP (Windows)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> .
>>>>
>>> .
>
>
> --
> Barb Bowman
> Expert Zone Columnist
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> MS-MVP (Windows)
>